Test matches

1978 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Pakistan	539/6d	133.0	4.05	2	v India	Lahore	won	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
🥈 2	Australia	505	112.4x8	3.36	1	v India	Adelaide	won	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
🥉 3	Pakistan	503/8d	152.0	3.30	1	v India	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
4	West Indies	493	161.0	3.06	2	v India	Wankhede	draw	1 Dec 1978	Test # 835
5	Pakistan	481/9d	141.0	3.41	2	v India	Karachi	won	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
6	India	465	170.3	2.72	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
7	India	462/9d	142.5	3.23	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
8	England	452/8d	144.0	3.13	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	won	1 Jun 1978	Test # 825
9	India	445	141.4x8	2.35	4	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
10	West Indies	439	116.4	3.76	3	v Australia	Georgetown	lost	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
11	West Indies	437	140.0	3.12	1	v India	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
12	England	429	180.5	2.37	1	v New Zealand	Nottingham	won	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
12	England	429	156.3x8	2.05	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
14	India	424	137.0	3.09	1	v West Indies	Wankhede	draw	1 Dec 1978	Test # 835
15	England	418	145.5x8	2.15	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
16	West Indies	405	109.5	3.68	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
17	India	396/8d	101.0x8	2.94	2	v Australia	Sydney	won	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
18	New Zealand	382/8	118.0x8	2.42	3	v England	Auckland	draw	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
19	India	371	116.2	3.18	2	v West Indies	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
20	England	364	91.2	3.98	1	v Pakistan	Lord's	won	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
21	Australia	362/7	101.0	3.58	4	v West Indies	Georgetown	won	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
22	India	361/1d	93.0	3.88	3	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
23	India	344	115.2	2.98	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
24	Australia	343	147.4	2.32	1	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
25	New Zealand	339	143.1	2.36	1	v England	Lord's	lost	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
25	Australia	339	116.6x8	2.17	3	v England	Brisbane	lost	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
27	West Indies	327	117.4	2.77	2	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
28	New Zealand	315	105.6x8	2.23	1	v England	Auckland	draw	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
29	England	309	117.5x8	1.97	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	won	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
30	Australia	305/3d	86.0	3.54	3	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
31	India	300	82.0	3.65	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
31	India	300	104.3	2.87	1	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
33	West Indies	292	96.5	3.01	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
34	Australia	290	90.0	3.22	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
34	West Indies	290	101.2	2.86	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
36	England	289	112.3	2.56	2	v New Zealand	Lord's	won	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
37	West Indies	288	71.0	4.05	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	won	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
38	Australia	286	83.0	3.44	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	won	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
38	England	286	95.4x8	2.24	2	v Australia	Brisbane	won	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
40	Pakistan	281	95.0x8	2.21	2	v England	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
41	West Indies	280	90.4	3.08	2	v Australia	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
42	England	279	134.5	2.06	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	won	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
43	Pakistan	275	79.6x8	2.58	1	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
44	India	269	82.2x8	2.45	2	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
45	England	266	123.1x8	1.62	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
46	Pakistan	264/4d	71.5	3.67	3	v India	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
47	Australia	263	98.7x8	1.99	3	v India	Sydney	lost	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
48	Pakistan	259/4d	88.0x8	2.20	3	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
49	West Indies	258/9	96.4	2.66	4	v Australia	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
50	Australia	258	89.1x8	2.17	1	v England	Melbourne	won	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
51	Australia	256	82.5x8	2.32	3	v India	Adelaide	won	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
52	Australia	250	65.1	3.83	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
53	New Zealand	235	92.7x8	1.89	2	v England	Christchurch	lost	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
54	New Zealand	234	104.2	2.24	1	v England	The Oval	lost	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
55	Pakistan	231	103.4	2.22	3	v England	Birmingham	lost	1 Jun 1978	Test # 825
56	New Zealand	228	87.6x8	1.94	1	v England	Wellington	won	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
57	India	224/2	84.5	2.64	3	v West Indies	Wankhede	draw	1 Dec 1978	Test # 835
58	England	222/5	89.0x8	1.87	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
59	England	215	94.4x8	1.70	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
60	Australia	209	63.2	3.30	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
61	England	208	66.3x8	2.35	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	won	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
62	West Indies	205	60.2	3.39	1	v Australia	Georgetown	lost	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
63	Pakistan	201	105.4	1.90	1	v England	Leeds	draw	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
64	West Indies	200/8	82.0	2.43	3	v India	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
65	India	199	56.5	3.50	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
66	West Indies	197/9	105.1	1.87	4	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
67	England	191	86.6x8	1.65	2	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
68	Australia	190	66.5x8	2.13	2	v England	W.A.C.A	lost	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
68	New Zealand	190	92.1	2.06	3	v England	Nottingham	lost	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
70	England	186/1	81.4x8	1.71	4	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
71	New Zealand	182	105.1	1.73	3	v England	The Oval	lost	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
72	England	179	67.0x8	2.00	4	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
73	Australia	178	48.0	3.70	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
74	England	170/3	53.5x8	2.37	4	v Australia	Brisbane	won	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
75	Australia	167	71.2x8	1.75	3	v England	Melbourne	won	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
76	Pakistan	164/2	24.5	6.60	4	v India	Karachi	won	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
77	Pakistan	164	60.4	2.70	1	v England	Birmingham	lost	1 Jun 1978	Test # 825
78	Australia	161	46.1x8	2.61	4	v England	W.A.C.A	lost	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
79	England	143	63.6x8	1.68	2	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
80	West Indies	141/1	36.5	3.82	4	v Australia	Bridgetown	won	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
81	Pakistan	139	66.5	2.07	3	v England	Lord's	lost	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
82	England	138/3	52.3	2.62	4	v New Zealand	The Oval	won	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
83	Australia	131	49.4x8	1.98	1	v India	Sydney	lost	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
84	Pakistan	128/2	20.4	6.19	4	v India	Lahore	won	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
85	New Zealand	123	44.3x8	2.07	3	v England	Wellington	won	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
86	New Zealand	120	69.4	1.72	2	v England	Nottingham	lost	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
87	England	119/7	54.0	2.20	2	v Pakistan	Leeds	draw	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
88	England	118/3	30.5	3.82	4	v New Zealand	Lord's	won	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
89	Australia	116	37.7x8	2.29	1	v England	Brisbane	lost	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
90	New Zealand	105	27.0x8	2.91	4	v England	Christchurch	lost	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
90	Pakistan	105	36.0	2.91	2	v England	Lord's	lost	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
92	England	96/4d	22.0x8	3.27	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
93	Australia	94	43.4	2.15	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
94	Australia	90	35.1	2.55	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
95	New Zealand	67	37.1	1.80	3	v England	Lord's	lost	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
96	England	64	27.3x8	1.75	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
97	India	43/0	19.0	2.26	4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831

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